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India's 132 Biogas Plants Turn Farm Waste Into 920 TPD Clean Energy

India's Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Hardeep Singh Puri, announced the country now has 132 compressed biogas (CBG) plants producing 920 tonnes per day from farm and organic waste. This growth is part of the SATAT initiative aimed at creating affordable transportation fuel while boosting rural incomes and cutting emissions. The nation's broader energy infrastructure has also expanded significantly, encompassing over 33 crore LPG households and a 25,429-km pipeline network. These developments are framed as building a reliable, efficient, and future-ready energy system under national leadership.

Key Points: India's 132 Biogas Plants Produce 920 TPD from Farm Waste

  • 132 operational CBG plants
  • 920 tonnes per day production
  • 10.6 crore Ujjwala LPG connections
  • 25,429 km gas pipeline network
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India producing 920 TPD energy from farm waste with 132 compressed biogas plants: Minister

India now has 132 compressed biogas plants producing 920 tonnes per day, converting farm waste into clean fuel, rural income, and lower emissions under the SATAT scheme.

"What was once waste is now powering progress. - Hardeep Singh Puri"

New Delhi, Jan 3

Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Hardeep Singh Puri, on Saturday said that India's compressed bio‑gas and household energy infrastructure now has 132 compressed biogas plants, producing 920 tonnes per day.

"What was once waste is now powering progress. India has 132 Compressed Bio Gas plants producing 920 TPD today, with more capacity coming up under Sustainable Alternative Towards Affordable Transportation (SATAT). Turning farm and organic waste into clean fuel, rural income and lower emissions under the leadership of PM Narendra Modi," Puri said in a social media post on X.

The minister added that India's broader household and fuel network has grown substantially, and currently spans across "33 crore Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) households -- including 10.35 crore Ujjwala connections, with an additional 25 lakh connections announced to take total to 10.60 crore connections".

Further, it included 1.58 crore piped natural gas (PNG) homes, 8,428 compressed natural gas (CNG) stations, a pipeline network of 25,429 km and growing LNG capacity.

The minister said that the rapid expansion came from dedicated sustained effort, noting "trust is built through systems that work and deliver every single day."

"India's energy infrastructure is designed around reliability, efficiency and future readiness under the dynamic leadership of PM Narendra Modi," the X post further read.

The government has taken various measures to enhance the availability of natural gas for power generation, which include expansion of the National Gas Grid to connect domestic gas sources as well as Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) terminals to power plants.

Further, it introduced unified tariff, set up of LNG Terminals, allowed the domestic gas producers who have been granted pricing and marketing freedom to sell domestic gas up to 500 million standard cubic metre (mmscm) or 10 per cent of annual production from their contract area whichever is higher, per year through authorised gas exchanges.

- IANS

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Priya S
Great initiative, but I hope the distribution is equitable and reaches the farmers who need it most. Sometimes these schemes sound good on paper but implementation is slow in villages.
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Rohit P
920 TPD from waste! That's impressive. My uncle in Punjab says they are collecting paddy straw for such plants instead of burning it. Finally a solution to the stubble burning problem. 🙌
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Sarah B
As someone working in renewable energy, this circular economy model is exactly what India needs. Turning organic waste into fuel while reducing emissions is a win-win. The SATAT scheme seems promising.
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Vikram M
The numbers on LPG connections are heartening. Ujjwala Yojana has truly been a game-changer for women's health in rural households. Moving from firewood to clean fuel makes a huge difference.
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Michael C
While the expansion of energy infrastructure is commendable, I hope there's equal focus on maintaining safety standards, especially with CNG stations and pipeline networks growing so rapidly. Safety first.
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Ananya R
This is the kind of progress we need to see! Using our own agricultural resources to create energy reduces import dependence. Hope they expand this to more states soon. Jai Hind!

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